AUTHOR=Luqman Tahira , Hussain Manzoor , Ahmed Syed Riaz , Ijaz Iram , Maryum Zahra , Nadeem Sahar , Khan Zafran , Khan Sana Muhy Ud Din , Aslam Mohammad , Liu Yongming , Khan Muhammad Kashif Riaz TITLE=Cotton under heat stress: a comprehensive review of molecular breeding, genomics, and multi-omics strategies JOURNAL=Frontiers in Genetics VOLUME=Volume 16 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2025.1553406 DOI=10.3389/fgene.2025.1553406 ISSN=1664-8021